• Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Toneri Matsuō (舎人松王) coming through the wall, Arashi Izaburō II (嵐猪三郎) as  土師の兵衛 in the center, while on the left is Sawamura Tosshō I (澤村訥升) as the real-life Sakuramaru (まれ世 実ハ桜丸), from the play <i>Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami</i> [菅原伝授手習鑑]
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Toneri Matsuō (舎人松王) coming through the wall, Arashi Izaburō II (嵐猪三郎) as  土師の兵衛 in the center, while on the left is Sawamura Tosshō I (澤村訥升) as the real-life Sakuramaru (まれ世 実ハ桜丸), from the play <i>Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami</i> [菅原伝授手習鑑]
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Toneri Matsuō (舎人松王) coming through the wall, Arashi Izaburō II (嵐猪三郎) as  土師の兵衛 in the center, while on the left is Sawamura Tosshō I (澤村訥升) as the real-life Sakuramaru (まれ世 実ハ桜丸), from the play <i>Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami</i> [菅原伝授手習鑑]

Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Toneri Matsuō (舎人松王) coming through the wall, Arashi Izaburō II (嵐猪三郎) as 土師の兵衛 in the center, while on the left is Sawamura Tosshō I (澤村訥升) as the real-life Sakuramaru (まれ世 実ハ桜丸), from the play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami [菅原伝授手習鑑]

Print


11/05/1841
28.5 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock prints
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei
(Marks 180 - seal 21-235)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Waseda University - center panel
Waseda University - left panel
Hankyu Culture Foundation - right panel
Hankyu Culture Foundation - center panel
Hankyu Culture Foundation - left panel
Waseda University - right panel
Lyon Collection - Hokushū figure coming through a wall
Mead Art Museum Note the ninja trapped or stabbed beneath the sword of figure on the left-hand panel.
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Sawamura Tosshō I (初代沢村訥升 or 澤村訥升: from 11/1831 to 6/1844) (actor)
Ichikawa Ebizō V (五代目市川海老蔵: 11/1797 to 10/1800 and 3/1832 to 3/1859) (actor)
Arashi Izaburō II 二代目嵐猪三郎 (actor)
Izumiya Ichibei (和泉屋市兵衛) (publisher)